Word: stunt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fortnight ago, when Merrill flew the Atlantic both ways (TIME, May 17 & 24), Colonel John Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of aeronautics, remarked that he disliked such "stunt flights." Last week, three days before the anniversary of Lindbergh's flight, Col. Johnson announced that the U. S. would not permit the anniversary race. Said he: "We are trying to encourage transatlantic flying, but we don't want to jeopardize it. ... The Commerce Department is charged with the duty of safety in the air and this race is a highly hazardous undertaking. There will...
When Pilots Henry Tindall ("Dick") Merrill and John S. Lambie, on leave from Eastern Air Lines, flew to England fortnight ago in 21 hr., 3 min. (TIME, May 17), loose-spoken Radio Commentator Boake Carter snapped into his microphone: "Stunt flights across the ocean had their place at one time. Now Aviation has advanced beyond that point. Hopping to London to pick up some Coronation pictures and then fly back again may be a spectacular thing-but what does it contribute to the industry? Nothing as far as one can see. The country doesn't want that kind...
...London Pilot Merrill hotly protested that his trip was no "stunt"' but "a pioneering commercial venture in aviation," and in Manhattan Eastern Air Lines officials pointed out that passengers constantly request to be "put on Dick Merrill's plane." But some professional aviators agreed with Boake Carter, pointing out such facts as that Pilot Merrill relied greatly on a Sperry gyropilot in his jaunt but did not bother to test it or learn fully how it worked before starting...
...Indiana, over one weekend fortnight ago, eight persons were killed and 40 injured in highway accidents. Declaring that some of these crashes were due to use of unsafe cars, automobile dealers in Indidnapolis concocted a stunt which would both emphasize safety and draw attention to themselves. They announced they would burn $75,000 worth of used cars at the fair grounds because the roads would be safer without them. At 8 p. m. Thursday evening last week the huge pile of jalopies was touched off while firemen and some 25,000 others looked on. It made a magnificent bonfire...
...caboose at all times, and certain crack limiteds like the Twentieth Century have telephone service to anywhere when the train is at rest in stations, but nowhere can train travelers telephone beyond the train when it is moving. In Canada some five years ago the Canadian National conducted a stunt whereby a conversation was held between London, England, and a train running between Montreal and Chicago. Regular service proved too costly, was discontinued...